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FEEDING AND FATTENING. 



The foregoing table gives an analysis of the food values per 

 100 lbs. of the common stuffs used for fattening sheep in this 

 country. The method to obtain the necessary ration of corn and 

 hay or alfalfa, oats, corn and linseed meal or any other mixture 

 to compare with Wolff's table is as follows: 



for eight to eleven JVIontbs old Lamb, Cbree JVIotitbs feeding. 



The above ration is not given as a correct ration, but as a 

 comparison in food values, as taken with "Wolff's feeding stand- 

 ard. It will be readily seen that there is an excess in total of 

 dry matter of almost two-thirds, an excess of proteids of nearly 

 the same amount, an excess of carbo-hydrates by one-half, a 

 practical similarity in digestible fats, and twice the amount of 

 fuel value. Taking Wolff's standard as correct, the ration 

 should be changed by reducing the amount of alfalfa hay, and 

 corn till the amount of digestible proteids and carbo-hydrates 

 compare as near as possible with the standard. It is, however, 

 impossible to give any exact ration which would be suitable to 

 any and all feeding sheep or lambs. The amount consumed 

 is governed by the individual idiosyncrasy of the animal, the 

 main point in feeding all animals being regularity as regards 

 time for feeding grain, giving just what the sheep can clean up 

 readily, dry quarters, and quietude. 



The value of a feeding table is that it shows infelligent 

 Jeeders the relative difference between oertain foodstuffs as fat 



